Locking means for bottles and the like.



y PATENTED 001*. 30,-11 906. G WEDDERBURN 0R BOTTLES AND THE LIKE MIMI-101w FILED 1) 2 to irregularly detach the go locking member out 5 With these and other objects UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WEDDERBUR N, or DUNN LORING. VIRGINIA. LOCKING MEANS FOR soTTL s ND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

(Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed December 20, 1905. Serial No.- 292,514.

To alZ whom it may concern: p Be it known that I, Gnoacn Wannnnmran a citizen of the United unn Loring,

States,"residing at in the county of Fairfax and 5 State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Locking Means for Bottles and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention-relates to lockingmeans-for milk-bottles and other analogous receptacles for application to a wallfframe, or other support adjacent to a closure, such as a door.

he primary object of the invention is to provide positively-operating means for holdmgv a filled milk-bottle or the like in positive position close toa door or analogous closure to resist or obstruct'nefarious attempts to steal the same and removable only by proper persons from. the interior of a dwelling-for instance, by opening the door and releasing the locking means.

A further object of the invention is to provide' a locking means for a milk-bottle or analogous devlce which will resist an attempt bottle therefrom when locked either by the insertion of an implement to disengage the locking member or twisting and pulling the bottle with a view to breaking the locking means or forcing the of locking engagement.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a locking means for milk-bottles and the likewherein one or more bottles may be held by a single locking member orelement.

and advantages in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth in preferred form. I

o In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a door entrance or closure means, showing the improved locking device and illustrating a 1nilkbottle as held thereby. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the parts as shown by Fig. 1, illustratingthe door or closure open and the locking device released. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showin the door closed and the locking de' vice as being adapted to receive two bottles. Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section of a portion of the keeper or hasp and showing a slight modification of the lockim means. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, s owing a further modification. of the locking member. 5 Similar numerals of reference are employed keeper 5 is movablv or to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a frame havin a base and side wall and may represent t e framing of a door or other structure having a closure 2, which in the present instance is shown as a door to illustrate the preferred application of the invention 'to the entrance ofa dwelling, the door or closure 2 controlling the locked and released condition of the improved device.

The improved device com rises a supporting member or strap 3, whic 1 is secure! at a suitable elevation to the side wall of the frame 1 and has an outer inwardly-curved or arcuate extremity 4, to which a hasp or piv'otally connected. The opposite end of the hasp provined with a spring engage with a locking member 7 of box-like form and movably attached to the inner GDl of the supporting n'iember' 3. .This box-like locking member 7 has upper and lower uards 8 and at its free end has an outwardly-ex tending locking nose or shoulder 9, Witl1 which the free end of the spring-tongue 6 is adapted to engage, this tongue 6 when in engagcment with the nose or shoulder 9 being inclosed within the locking member 7 and obstructing the introduction into said member of any implement for the purpose of releasing the locking-tongue when the door is closed and has contact with the inner portion of the said member. The locking member, as shown by Figs. 2,3, and 4, has a projecting pin 10 for engagement or contact with the door or closure 2 to insure an outward maximum projection to such a degree as to render said member e'll 'ective as an engaging means for the spring-tongue 6 and thoroughly inclose the latter, as )a'rticularlyillustrated by Fig. 3. In Fig. 5 the pin 10 is replaced by an inward swell or protuberance 11, formed as a part of the inner wall of the locking member and indicating that said member may be provided with any form of inward projection for engagement with the door or closure. The keeper or hasp Sis referably of semicircular form, and when clbsed it forms, with? the outer curved extremity of the su porting member 3, a circular inclosure which will be of such diameter as to effectively engage the neck of a bottle and prevent removal of the latter by an attempt to draw the rim of the projection of the locking member or a there are seats'in the separable locking neck therethrough. In other Words, the diameter of the locking device when closed is less than the diameter of the rim of the neck or the head of the bottle;

In Fig. 3 a keeper or hasp 12 is shown having two semicircular members and connected to a support 13, provided with correspondingly-curved members 14 and 15, the members 1.3 and 15 bein secured to the side wall of the frame and t pivotally connected or hinged to the outer free extremity of the member 15. This modification is intended to indicate that the device. may be constructed to hold one or more bottles with equal efficiency.

As an auxiliary retaining means for the bottles or receptacles it is proposed to use at times a lower ring-like keeper 16 of suflicient diameter to embrace the lower portion of the body of the bottle. There will be as many of these ring-like keepers 16 employed as device above, or one, for each bottle held by the main locking device.

The spring-tongue 6, as shown by Fig. 5, may form a part of the hasp or keeper, or, as particularly illustrated by Fig; 4, a springtongue 17may be riveted or otherwise secured to the free end of the keeper or'hasp; but in either'construction the tongue will be of such shape and projection that it will be fully vinc-losed within the locking member 7 when the keeper or hasp is forced into lock" ing engagement.

In preparing the improved locking means for operation the keeper or hasp is thrown out or stands in released position and the, door 2 is closed, thus forcing the locking member 7 outwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The milkrnan in delivering the milk places the neck of. the bottle against the supportingmember 3 and forces the keeper or hasp 5' around the bottle-neck and into engagement with the lockin member 7, the spring-tongue carried by the ieeper or hasp automatically engaging the locking nose or shoulder at the free end of the said locking member. When the keeper or hasp has thus been arranged, it will be impossible to release the same until the door 2 is opened from the interior of the dwelling. When the door 2 is opened, the resiliency of the spring locking-tongue car ried bythe keeper or hasp 5 throws the locking member inwardly and renders the sepa ration of the spring-tongue from the locking member very easy and permits a full opening of the keeper or hasp and the removal of the bottle.

The keeper or harm and the support there for, as well as the locking member to receive e hasp or member I 'oftenarising to consumers the spring-tongue, can all be cheaply made from suitable sheet metal, and the auxiliary keeper 16 is preferably formed of still wire. It will be seen that the supporting members 3 and 13 carry allthe parts of the locking dcvice, and when said supporting members are secured in proper osition relatively to a door or other mova le closure the complete device in the main is applied at a singleoperation, which is materially advantageous in view of the fact that any one with ordinary judgment is enabled to oispose the device in operative osition and without the assistance of skilled abor.

It is proposed to use the locking device for any other purpose where it-may be found'applicable, and its service is not limited to securing milk-bottles, though this is a preferred adaptation.

The improved locking device will prevent the loss of milk-bottles and the inconvenience bottles stolen after their delivery.

When the locking device is applied, it forms no material projection or does not interfere with the operation of the closure 2 as a means of closing an entrance.

Other advantages will appear to those using the device, and in view of the simplicity of the several parts the locking means specified may be manufactured and sold at a corlrpiaratively small cost.

ving thus fully described the invention,

'what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with a closure, of a locking means involving a locking member projectable into locking position by the closure, and a keeper shaped to directly embrace a portion of a milk-bottle and having a resilient locking device to engage the said locking member the bottle held by the looking means being exposed.

2. The combination with a door, of a looking means involving a locking member proje'ctable into locking position by the closure of the door, and a keeper having seat means to receive and embrace portions of milk-bottles and provided with terminal means for removably engaging the locking member, the bottle he.d by the locking means being exposed.

3. The combination with a door, of a lock-" ing means consisting of a su porting memher, a locking member movab y connected to the supporting member and projectable into locking position by the closure of the door, and a keeper movably attachedto the supporting member and having terminal means to automatically engage the locking member, the keeper being provided with seat means shaped to embrace and directly engage the body portion of a milk-bottle.

4. The combination with a door, of a locking member movably held adjacent to the said door and projectable by the latter into locking position, and a movably-attached keeper having a clasp means to directly embrace a portion of a bottle and terminal means to automatically enter into locking engagement with the locking member, the

by having such 5 1 means to receive and embrace a portion of a 5: The combination with a door, of locking' means involving a locking member having .a locking-shoulder and inclosing guards, and a movably attached keeper having clasp .means'to directly embrace a portion of a bottle and a terminal device to automatically enter into locking engagement with the said locking member and enter between the guards.

6. The combination with a door, of a lock-. ing means involving a movably-mounted locking member having inclosing means, and a movably attached keeper having seat milk-bottle and a terminal to engage the locking member, the latter being projectedinto locking position by the door and releasable only when the door is opened, the bottle held by-the locking means being exposed.

- '7. The combination with a door, of a lock ing means involving a movably disposed locking member projectable into locking position by the closure of the door and releasable from locking position only when the door is opened, the said locking member havingv a projection to contact with the door, and a movably-attached keeper having seat means to receive and directly embrace a portion of a milk-bottle and a terminal locking devicev to engage the locking member, the bottle held by the locking means being exposed.

8. The combination with a door, ofa looking means involving a movably mounted locking member, a movably-attached keeper having a terminal to engage the said locking member, the locking member being projected into locking position by the door, and an GEORGE WEDDERBURN. I Witnesses: J

BERNARD P. VASHON,

CHARLES S. HYER. 

